Johnston Community Education

Course Description Join Ms. Lambert for a week of sunshine, creativity, and garden themed art! Explore mixed media, painting, and mosaic art making while making and taking home an assortment of gardening and magical fairy themed art. Participants will create their own miniature fairy gardens, stepping stones, and much more! Logistics Registration fee includes a $30 materials fee Instructor: Melanie Lambert Ms. Lambert is the art teacher at Beaver Creek Elementary!

Course Description Working with a variety of materials, particpants will explore a new form of craft each day! Participants will work with yarn to create small baskets, create their very own sketchbooks, and make colored handmade paper from recycled materials! Participants will learn about various artists that use these methods of creating as inspiration. Logistics All art materials provided Instructor Kenzie Lindsey Kenzie is an art teacher at JHS where she teaches Drawing, Digital Photography and Art of Craft. She has experience teaching all age groups and working with a variety of materials. Her favorite art related things are knitting, taking photos, and creating collages.

Course Description This clinic is designed to give the children an opportunity to get a feel for the game of baseball and softball. The main purpose is to teach children to hit the ball, run the bases, become familiar with being on the field, and most of all to have FUN. No score is kept. Every player hits in every inning. This program is coached by parent volunteers and supervised by JCE Staff. Logistics Enter through gate on SW side of stadium Wear t-shirt and shorts/pants depending on weather Bring water bottle with your name on it Instructor Parent Volunteer Coaches

Course Description Enjoy a week of fun with Ken and Barbie! Participants will learn how to be empowered leaders through Barbie-themed play, games, books and crafts. Early Childhood camps and classes are optional summer enrichment opportunities and not affiliated with JELA preschool. Logistics Please have your child bring a backpack with a water bottle and and extra set of play clothes. Please dress your child in comfortable play clothes for this time of engaged learning. Instructor: Anne Lightner Early Childhood camps are led by experienced Johnston Community Education instructors with a passion for working with this age group.

Please take the time to register online for this program. Register only once per season- and attend as much as you like. Once you are registered, you are on our check-in list. The purpose of this registration: - JCE has your contact information so we can communicate any changes to open gym dates/times - Your emergency contact information is stored within our system - Tracks the interest and attendance easier -Day Pass- $5 paid per child at the gym door, still need to sign in GENERAL RULES- -Ages 6 and under are not allowed due to safety issues. Youth ages 15 and under must be directly supervised by a responsible adult (21 years and older). -Please bring your own basketball with your name on it. No other balls will be allowed to play with during open gym (no football, volleyball, baseball, softball, soccer, etc). -Full Court games are NOT allowed unless approved by supervisor due to lower numbers. No organized practices allowed. Baskets can be lowered if needed. -No kicking or throwing basketballs during open gym. No half court shots. -Kids must be directly supervised so nobody will be allowed in the hallway unless getting a drink or using the restroom.

Course Description The goal of his camps is to provide each camper with a positive, fun-filled learning experience. The camp is designed to provide personal attention to help young athletes improve their basketball fundamentals. These camps set the framework for successful future athletes. Different drills/activities per camp. More Info Enter through Door #12 Bring water bottle with your name on it Camp Director Kenton Tennal- Coach T has been running or assisting basketball camps for nearly 2 decades.

Course Description The goal of his camps is to provide each camper with a positive, fun-filled learning experience. The camp is designed to provide personal attention to help young athletes improve their basketball fundamentals. These camps set the framework for successful future athletes. Different drills/activities per camp. More Info Enter through Door #12 Bring water bottle with your name on it Camp Director Kenton Tennal- Coach T has been running or assisting basketball camps for nearly 2 decades.

Course Description Battle Drones features an exciting combination of aerial acrobatics and engineering design challenges that teaches students STEM concepts, teamwork, and how to skillfully fly a drone. In Battle Drones, teams of students will build robotic launchers designed to fling projectiles at opponents’ drones. Students will be guided by experienced camp instructors in how to construct projectile launchers to maximize speed and accuracy. The camp culminates in an epic battle where students attempt to pilot drones to safety by successfully dodging opponent projectiles while attempting to take down opponent drones. The best drone pilots and launchers will emerge victorious! Students have the option to purchase a drone to take home at the end of camp for $50 (approximately a $100 value). Registration deadline to purchase drone with camp registration: June 23. Logistics If registering for the CAMP ONLY - select the $105 rate If purchasing a DRONE IN ADDITION to camp registration - select the $155 rate (Deadline: June 23) Instructor: COR Robotics

Before and after school and no school day care during the school year for JCSD students in grades DK-5. Learn more about KTC. School Year 2023-2024 KTC registration is open. Enrollment is on a first-come basis and is limited at each site due to staff-student ratio, following state guidelines and space availability. KTC Parent Handbook 2023-24 School Year School Year 23.24 contract explanation & pricing School Year 2024-2025 KTC registration will open at 6:00 am on July 1. Summer full day care during the summer for all students in grades DK-6. Summer 2024 KTC registration is open. Enrollment is on a first-come basis and is limited at each site due to staff-student ratio, following state guidelines and space availability. There is currently a waitlist for all sites for summer KTC. Registering on Eleyo will put you on the waitlist. Parent Handbook- 2024 Summer 2024 Summer contract explanation & pricing

Course Description Join this dynamic course to learn a dynamite instrument! Players will learn the basics of music including reading music, rhythm, melody and meter. Classes are fun and make the instrument easily accessible for all students. Sign up today to let the music play! Logistics Students must provide their own guitar. Need assistance selcting aguitar? Visit https://youthenrichmentleague.com/what-kind-of-guitar-should-i-buy-for-my-child/ Instructor Instructor: Youth Enrichment League Youth Enrichment League – {YEL!} – was founded in 2004 by Chet and Lisa Gunhus. It was founded to bring the highest quality enrichment to schools throughout Minnesota. Through the combined blessings of amazing teachers and happy clients, {YEL!} has grown to 745 schools and 150 teachers in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

Course Description Students will learn the basics of board game design as they create their very own board game! This creative and exciting program uses elements of STEAM to break down a big project into bite sized pieces for students to make a playable board game. Course includes a design journal, board game box, board, and all the bits & pieces needed to play! Over 5 quick days, board game builders will learn about crucial parts of board game design such as rules, board types, what all the pieces are and much more. Below is a breakdown of our board game building program components: Theme & Backstory The Board in Board Games Bits, Meeples & Pieces, Oh My! Rules and Their Importance Visual Strategies & Play-Testing Finishing Touches & The Pitch! (Parents are invited to the final 20 minutes of class to see their student present their game!) While the program teaches young minds how to build a board game, the aim of this program is to inspire the next generation to take a step away from being consumers in order to be creators, makers and designers. Logistics All supplies provided Instructor Little Creators Club To learn more about Little Creators Club or the board game building program, please check out www.LittleCreatorsClub.com

Course Description Calling all Master Builders looking for a challenge! During this camp, builders will accept the engineering challenge to build and program a robotic dog, motorized bug, race cars and more! Battle summer brain drain. Sign up today! LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site or program. Logistics None Instructor Youth Enrichment League Youth Enrichment League – {YEL!} – was founded in 2004 by Chet and Lisa Gunhus. It was founded to bring the highest quality enrichment to schools throughout Minnesota. Through the combined blessings of amazing teachers and happy clients, {YEL!} has grown to 745 schools and 150 teachers in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

Course Description A buzzing time awaits as participants learn about bugs and butterflies together through games, mathematics, literacy and fun snacks. Early Childhood camps and classes are optional summer enrichment opportunities and not affiliated with JELA preschool. Logistics Please have your child bring a backpack with a water bottle and and extra set of play clothes. Please dress your child in comfortable play clothes for this time of engaged learning. Instructor: Morgan Vana Early Childhood camps are led by experienced Johnston Community Education instructors with a passion for working with this age group.

Course Description All levels of chess players are welcome. The {YEL!} Teach It!…Practice It!...Play It! method keeps chess students progressing with 60+ chess lessons and thousands of puzzles as well as guided games and an end-of-week in-class tournament. Class fee includes ChessKid.com membership for the session. Battle summer brain drain...sign up today. Logistics None Instructor Youth Enrichment League Youth Enrichment League – {YEL!} – was founded in 2004 by Chet and Lisa Gunhus. It was founded to bring the highest quality enrichment to schools throughout Minnesota. Through the combined blessings of amazing teachers and happy clients, {YEL!} has grown to 745 schools and 150 teachers in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

Course Description It's Christmas... in June! Come make gift-quality Christmas related crafts in this fun art camp. Participants will explore materials like wood, fiber, and paint. Projects this year will include (subject to change based on time and material availability): 3rd-7th Grade, Mon/Wed Camp: puppets, wooden block snowmen, Christmas lights string art, twig trees, and pom pom wreaths. 5th-10th Grade, Tue/Thu Camp: Russian nesting dolls, A-frame wooden ornament trees, snowflake string art, and handmade rope garlands. Logistics All materials included 3rd-7th Grade, Mon/Wed Camp: Students must be able to independently tie knots in yarn 5th-10th Grade: Tue/Thu Camp: Participants will use real tools like hammers, nails, and a screw gun in this class. Safety glasses will be provided and no tool experience is necessary. Instructor Amy Uthus Amy Uthus is an independent artist. She enjoys gardening and teaching in addition to working on her own ceramic sculpture and pottery. Amy has experience at a wide variety of studios. She was the inaugural Artist-in-Residence and Education Coordinator at RDG Dahlquist Art Studio in Des Moines, an International Student Resident at the International Ceramics Studio (Kecskemét, Hungary), and as an Artist-In-Residence at Guldagergaard International Ceramics Research Center (SkælskØr, Denmark). With more than 17 years of teaching experience, she has taught workshops and classes at the Des Moines Art Center, Johnston Community Education, the After School Arts Program, RDG Dahlquist Art Studio, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and her own studio near Knoxville, IA. https://www.amyuthus.com/

Course Description This two-day musical theatre dance workshop will have campers learning stylized choreography and steps to dances from hit Broadway Disney shows that will be performed at the camp's conclusion. Logistics Enter through the main door on the south side of the building Performance of learned dances will be at 12:45pm on Friday, August 9 Instructor The Dancer's Theatre Staff

Course Description Creative Movement is for dancers 3-4 years old. Participants begin exploring movement as a fun form of creative communication and also introduce youngsters to the concept of moving with the music. Dancers can wear dance attire such as leotards and tights, but any clothes they can move around easily in is also acceptable. Socks or ballet shoes are recommended if possible. More Info Enter Door #12 Staff Iowa Ballet Academy - Meredith Stroot